Falk Schuster
Director
Because his single mother criticised the state, Alex was sent to a special children’s home at the age of eleven, in order to shape him – like almost 500,000 children in the GDR – into a “socialist personality”. He escaped and ended up as a punishment at the Torgau Closed Juvenile Detention Centre, more prison than social institution. His life was now dominated by military drill and violence … Reduced rotoscope images follow Alex’s memories and show how the trauma affects him even today.
Release Date | 2022-10-19 |
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Runtime | 8m |
Directors | Falk Schuster, Mike Plitt |
Producer | Alexander Lahl |
Writer | Mike Plitt |